# Zürich Zoologischer Garten

- **Country:** Switzerland
- **Coordinates:** 47.385000, 8.573056
- **Area:** 27 ha / 0.1 sq mi
- **Opened:** 1929
- **Location:** Zurich, Switzerland
- **Zoo Name:** Zoo Zurich
- **Date Opened:** 1929
- **Image Width:** 250px
- **Num Animals:** 4673
- **Num Species:** 375
- **Annual Visitors:** 1200000

The zoologist Heini Hediger was director of the Zurich Zoo from 1954 to 1973. The current director is Severin Dressen. The zoo is member of WAZA and the EAZA.

![Photo of Zürich Zoologischer Garten](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/ZooZ%C3%BCrich_Eingang.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zürich_Zoologischer_Garten (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)